rmsadriatic

The lighting in this photo is so striking it seems unnatural. Is this a photo, or a photo of a painting? I can't decide.

I see what you mean. I'm pretty sure it's a photo, with very even light and very great depth of field.

She was the first ocean liner to have an indoor swimming pool and Turkish bath. she was used as a troop ship throughout WWI and survived without incident. the 4th of 4 sisters, she was the only one that was never the largest ship in the world you can see the White Star line family resemblance to the Olympic class.

Other Bain photos of the departure of the "Adriatic" from New York harbor, August 8, 1914:

This particular photo is the Olympic. The electric cranes and white band on her poop deck give her away. She must have been docked when the Adriatic departed.

I knew I knew her name en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Adriatic_(1907) the last White Star Class before the Olympics. RMS Adriatic was an ocean liner of the White Star Line. She was the fourth of a quartet of ships measuring over 20,000 tons, dubbed The Big Four. The ship was the only one of the four which was never the world's largest ship; however, she was the fastest of the Big Four. The Adriatic was the first ocean liner to have an indoor swimming pool and a Turkish bath.

And see :

www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q376252